William Chi-Cheng Chen is a Grandmaster of
Yang-style tai chi who currently lives in the US. His school is in New York City and he has hundreds of students around the world.
He was born in 1933 in
Wenzhou
Wenzhou (pronounced ; Wenzhounese: Yuziou ”y33–11 tÉ•iɤu33–32 ), historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Zhejiang province in the People's Republic of China. Wenzhou is located at the extreme south east o ...
, Zhejiang province, China. A US Passport error has his year of birth as 1935. After his family moved to Taiwan, he began studying
tai chi under the tutelage of Prof.
Cheng Man-ch'ing who was a childhood friend of William C. C. Chen's father.
His skill, aptitude and language skills helped him become one of Prof. Cheng Man-ch'ing's favorite disciples. Not only was he an extraordinary student but he also helped as his teachers' translator. Through this he acquired a lot of knowledge from his teacher and insight from fellow students.
Tai chi lineage tree with Yang-style focus
Notes
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References
*Chen, William C.C.,An Autobiography of William C.C. Chen, https://www.williamccchen.com/gm-chen.html April 2010
*Robinson, Ronnie, Grandmaster William C.C. Chen Interview, http://www.taichiunion.com/magazine/wccc.html
Living people
1933 births
American tai chi practitioners
People from Wenzhou
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